Without the option to change their ID documents to reflect their gender, trans residents in Chiapas and 12 other Mexican states are denied certain rights.
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“Elite controllers” are those who have HIV but show no symptoms. They’re proving a roadblock to the country’s otherwise promising anti-infection campaign.
February 18-19 OUR WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ What do you remember from the news this week? 1. Two female national leaders resigned in recent days. Moldova’s Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita and …? 2. Who went to China in what was his country’s first state visit in 20 years? 3. What shape was the flying object […]
On this day nine years ago, the Maidan revolution, also known as the Revolution of Dignity, began in Kyiv, and spread throughout Ukraine. What were the causes of the Maidan Revolution? The main cause of the Revolution of Dignity was widespread dissatisfaction with the corruption and authoritarianism of President Viktor Yanukovych and his government. Many […]
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For both her party and her longtime quest for Scottish referendum, Sturgeon leaves several crucial dossiers wide open.
Horse racing is a time-honored tradition that often uses children as jockeys, despite the nation’s minimum working age laws — and the inherent dangers.
Greener than renewables, safer than oil and gas, nuclear power is deeply misunderstood — to the detriment to humans and our planet.
February 11-12 OUR WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ What do you remember from the news this week? 1. Who admitted there were “shortcomings” in the response to the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria? 2. On his London-Paris-Brussels tour, what was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s big request from EU leaders? 3. Why was Disney forced […]
Nelson Mandela was released from prison on this day in 1990. Why was Nelson Mandela imprisoned? Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for his role in the resistance against the South African government‘s system of apartheid, a system of racial segregation and discrimination. He was arrested in 1962 and charged with sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the […]
The internet has brought about a Golden Age for authors, making it easier to share their work and connect with others in the writing community. It has also led to the rise of new risks, such as large-scale piracy, theft and plagiarism. For writers, the key to a harmonious future may very well reside in a new generation of secure platforms allowing them to publish through authenticated accounts.
The government in Ankara doesn’t want to question the cause of the high death toll in the earthquake that struck along the Turkey-Syria border. But one Turkish writer says it’s time to assign responsibility right now.
Inside Iran, people are risking their lives to fight the oppressive Islamic Republic. Now, they need support from compatriots abroad and Western democracies to bring an end to this decades-long fight for democracy.
The officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols were not your everyday uniformed patrol officers. Rather, they were part of an elite squad: Memphis Police Department’s SCORPION team. A rather tortured acronym for “Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods,” SCORPION is a crime suppression unit – that is, officers detailed […]
February 4-5 OUR WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ What do you remember from the news this week? 1. The U.S is readying more than billion worth of military aid for Ukraine. What will the package include for the first time? 2. Which country suffered one of its bloodiest attacks in memory when more than 100 were […]
The proposed UGC guidelines are ill-conceived and populist, and hardly take note of the educational and financial interests of foreign universities.
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The worst drought in 40 years, which has deepened from the effects of climate change, is hitting the young the hardest around the Horn of Africa. A close-up look at the victims, and attempts to save lives and limit lasting effects on an already fragile region in Kenya.
By shrugging aside Russia’s aggression, India has shown indifference to fears that China could follow Russia’s example.
January 28-29 OUR WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ What do you remember from the news this week? 1. What has angered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a recent Stockholm protest? 2. Who was the latest U.S. politician to have confidential documents found at their place? 3. Which famed site did Peru close due to protests, […]
Worldcrunch co-founder and editor-in-chief Jeff Israely will discuss the changing landscape of international news in a digital “fireside chat” on Feb. 2 hosted by the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) Research libraries serve a community that by its very nature is international, both because the areas of research and the scholars themselves inevitably cross […]
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The Modi government’s attempts to censor the media and intimidate independent journalism pose a grave danger to Indian democracy.
After hanging at least four anti-government protesters, Islamic Iran’s judiciary decided, not for the first time, to give a short jail term to a man who murdered his “unruly” wife last year.
Reports that the new AI natural-language chatbot is a threat to Google’s search business fails to see that the two machines serve very different functions.
The Indian authorities’ decision to hide factual reports on the land subsidence in Joshimath only furthers a sense of paranoia.
January 21-22 OUR WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ What do you remember from the news this week? 1. What is Germany being pressed to deliver to Ukraine? 2. What did Jacinda Ardern cite as the main reason for her decision to step down as New Zealand prime minister? 3. Which country reported a decline in its […]
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It’s rare that the Prime Minister of New Zealand becomes a globally recognized leader. But Ardern, who was the youngest female elected head of government in history, deserved all the positive attention.
We know more about COVID than ever before, but that doesn’t make it easier to predict what will happen this year. It also remains to be seen if we’ll put the lessons we learned into practice.
In recent weeks, Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, has made repeated references to the end of Iran’s last regime in 1979. It may be a sign the country is indeed approaching another kind of revolution.
January 14-15 OUR WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ What do you remember from the news this week? 1. Where was former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro while his supporters were storming government buildings in Brasilia? 2. What was found in Washington, D.C., that left U.S. President Joe Biden “surprised”? 3. Which world record did Elon Musk just […]
“Two Presidents, Two Polemics..” Newspapers from Germany to Italy to Mexico and Lebanon and beyond are trying to gauge the ramifications for the ongoing Biden v. Trump showdown.
Mercury exposure can be deadly. So why are gold miners in Zimbabwe using the dangerous chemical — and risking their lives and the health of their communities in the process?
The European Union has been hesitant to classify Iran’s national security force as a terrorist organization because of fears of a reprisal.
Turkey heads to the polls in June in elections that decide the country’s future direction. It is a referendum on President Erdoğan, but also a challenge for the divided opposition. Much is at stake in a country roiled by multiple crises and declining trust in its leaders.
Daniel Ortega is inaugurated as president of Nicaragua for the first time on this day in 1985. What is Daniel Ortega known for? Daniel Ortega led the Nicaraguan Revolution, which overthrew the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle and was meant to liberate the small central American country from U.S. imperialism. Ortega’s first term of president […]
Newspapers in Brazil, as well as elsewhere in North and South America and Europe, marked the unprecedented attack on Brazilian democracy.
As recession predictions abound, stakes are higher than ever for the number crunchers at the world’s top central banks, who must also contend with the whims of the political class.
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